Freddie Mac and MCT team up to help small- and mid-sized lenders make the switch from cash seller to guarantor. The transition impacts everything from pricing to operations.

Ambitious goals in the proposed rule, especially on the multifamily side, may prove difficult for the GSEs to reach.

Urban Institute endorses Fannie plan to use rent payment history in its single-family underwriting.

Trade groups give Treasury and FHFA officials an earful on the damage caused by changes to the preferred stock purchase agreements.

The FHFA is not conservator of the FHLBanks, so it cannot “step into the shoes” of the FHLBanks’ boards of directors, the FHLBs argue.

Sandra Thompson and Marcia Fudge combine forces to monitor GSE compliance with the Fair Housing Act.

Landlords are challenging the more-targeted ban, saying it still illegally deprives them of their ability to collect rents.

The new CHOICEReno eXPress loan allows homebuyers to incorporate the cost of minor repairs and renovations into their mortgage.

As the first Senate-confirmed head of domestic finance in nearly a decade, the former Fed economist could play a vital role in renegotiating the PSPAs between Treasury and FHFA.

Fannie and Freddie are likely to have raked in more than $5 billion combined in adverse market fees on refinances before FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson decided to shut the program.